La Guirlande merveilleuse, sold in the United States as The Marvellous Wreath and in Britain as The Marvellous Hoop, is a 1903 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 445–448 in its catalogues.[1]
The Marvellous Wreath | |
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Directed by | Georges Méliès |
Starring | Georges Méliès |
Production company | Star Film Company |
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Country | France |
Language | Silent |
Méliès plays the musketeer in the film, the main special effect of which is a closeup superimposed into a circular opening by multiple exposure; Méliès used a similar effect in Alcofrisbas, the Master Magician later that year. Other special effects in The Marvellous Wreath are worked using pyrotechnics, substitution splices, and dissolves.[2]
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